What are you currently reading?

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Originally posted by RoseRose quote: Originally posted by Pygmalion quote: Originally posted by Hobodoken My dad got me into the Miles Vorkosigan saga. Currently I've read three of the compilation volumes, currently reading one of the stand-alones, Brothers in Arms. Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favorite authors. I picked up The Warrior's Apprentice in 1984... You started reading the series before I was even born!!

Scary, isn't it?

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While I love the Miles Vorkosigan series, another REALLY good book by her is "Curse of Chalion". It's VERY good. The sequel is still pretty good, but not as good as that one.

ACT says that Chalion is Bujold's best series; he's particularly partial to Paladin of Souls . I don't know if I'd go that far, but certainly she has come a long way since The Spirit Ring.

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And I'm currently reading a book for a class that doesn't start for a week. It's called "The Impending Crisis: 1848-1861" (My class is on the Civil War). It's really well written so far. I've only read the first chapter so far, though.

You might be interested in Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point. It discusses how many of the lowest-ranking graduates of West Point (each year called "the goat") distinguished themselves in the field. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Pygmalion

Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanches. A good read. Now I must go buy the sequels.

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Originally posted by Pygmalion quote: Originally posted by RoseRose quote: Originally posted by Pygmalion quote: Originally posted by Hobodoken My dad got me into the Miles Vorkosigan saga. Currently I've read three of the compilation volumes, currently reading one of the stand-alones, Brothers in Arms. Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favorite authors. I picked up The Warrior's Apprentice in 1984... You started reading the series before I was even born!! Scary, isn't it?

*nodnod* Of course, I've found lots of my favorite books on my dad's bookshelf, some of which he probably read before even MEETING my mother. Actually... 1984, that's before my parents were even MARRIED.

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While I love the Miles Vorkosigan series, another REALLY good book by her is "Curse of Chalion". It's VERY good. The sequel is still pretty good, but not as good as that one.

ACT says that Chalion is Bujold's best series; he's particularly partial to Paladin of Souls . I don't know if I'd go that far, but certainly she has come a long way since The Spirit Ring.[/quote]
I've yet to read The Spirit Ring but, I much prefer Curse of Chalion over Paladin of Souls but that's probably just personal taste.

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And I'm currently reading a book for a class that doesn't start for a week. It's called "The Impending Crisis: 1848-1861" (My class is on the Civil War). It's really well written so far. I've only read the first chapter so far, though.

You might be interested in Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point. It discusses how many of the lowest-ranking graduates of West Point (each year called "the goat") distinguished themselves in the field. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Pygmalion[/quote]
I might, if I could even think about affording it after buying my college books. Maybe I could figure out a way to borrow it from you when you're done?

I've been keeping up with the Bleach manga series along with the anime. I've read up to Volume 8, and then 9-11 are basically missing from the bookstore was I at. They got it up again at Volume 12.

The manga is much better than the anime from what I can tell but that's just my personal opinion.
Peace.

The Grays By: Whitley Strieber

Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground By: Michael Moynihan. This book is a pretty interesting look at the Black Metal scene, and it shows how bad ass it is.

I'm currently reading Sun-Tzu's Art of War. Aside from being an interesting piece of military history, it's strategic principles can be applied to almost any part of real life - meaning that, in a philosophical sense, rising to challenge everyday events could be considered a kind of battlefield.

I'm on a Salinger kick, so now I'm reading Nine Stories and next I'm going to read Franny and Zoey. Then I want to read Catch-22.

I'm back to my endless loop of constantly rereading The Catcher in the Rye.

Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein.


Just finished Neuromancer last week. Great book.

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Originally posted by Travis Bickle I'm back to my endless loop of constantly rereading The Catcher in the Rye.

Sounds like me and Lord of the Rings... or me and the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga.

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Originally posted by Travis Bickle I'm back to my endless loop of constantly rereading The Catcher in the Rye.

I'm finding it impossible to aqurie a copy of Catcher in the Rye.

The Man In The High Castle
Philip K. Dick

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Originally posted by Mr. D Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein. Just finished Neuromancer last week. Great book.

My copy of Stranger in a Strange Land (well, my father's) is inacessible (I'm at college a 2 hour drive away)... Gah, now I want to read it again!!!! And I have to wait until Thanksgiving!!!

Bleach manga, and more Bleach manga..and some fan fics. I've got 2 kids, not much time to read, unless you count kid's books

Stuart Little - E.B. White
The Compassionate Universe - Eknath Easwaran
The sacred Balance - David Suzuki

The last 2 are mostly for my own story, but they're kind of interesting in there own rights.

Perky Pat
Phillip K. Dick

Othello
Fallen Angels

There's No Toilet Paper On The Road Less Traveled
Various with an introduction by Tim Cahill

A really cool book called "Skellig" and "The Ilustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury.

I spent the last few days reading *ALL* of Bob and George: The Comic Strip.